{"id":38163,"date":"2011-05-13T11:12:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T18:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=38163"},"modified":"2011-05-13T11:12:30","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T18:12:30","slug":"odds-phillies-vs-bravcardinals-vs-cubs-gambling-prediction-preview-13511","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/mlb-baseball\/odds-phillies-vs-bravcardinals-vs-cubs-gambling-prediction-preview-13511\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting \u2013 Philadelphia vs. Atlanta Preview & Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday MLB Baseball Picks: Phillies vs Braves<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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MLB Betting \u2013 Phillies vs Braves Preview & Pick<\/strong>
\nDate:<\/strong> Friday, May 13, 2011
\nVenue: <\/strong>Turner Field, Atlanta, GA
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>WB17, FSS
\nPhiladelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves Betting Lines from BetOnline.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: <\/strong> Braves -105
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong> 7 (-110)
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Philadelphia Phillies (24-12)<\/strong>
\nCole Hamels (4-2, 2.83)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s scary to see that the Philadelphia Phillies have the National League\u2019s best record even though their offense hasn\u2019t totally gotten going. They\u2019re awaiting Chase Utley\u2019s return from a knee injury and top prospect Domonic Brown is due to be called up any day now.<\/p>\n

Predictably, the Phillies haven\u2019t even needed much offense because their starting pitchers have been so good. Through Tuesday\u2019s action the Phillies led the majors in strikeouts and had a ridiculous 27 quality starts in 35 games. Cole Hamels, who gets the nod on Friday night at Atlanta, has provided six of those quality starts in seven outings. He\u2019s a rare talent in that he doesn\u2019t walk too many guys but he also strikes out more than a batter per inning.<\/p>\n

Atlanta Braves (20-18 through May 11)<\/strong>
\nBrandon Beachy (1-1, 2.98)<\/p>\n

Like the Philadelphia Phillies, the Atlanta Braves have relied on their stellar starting pitching to stay in the NL East hunt. Brandon Beachy has been sensational as a rookie, striking out 45 hitters in 42.1 innings with just 11 walks. Those are Hamel-esque numbers, aren\u2019t they? \"Bet<\/a><\/p>\n

The Braves\u2019 bats have shown signs of coming around after a hot start but they may have to soldier on without Jason Heyward this weekend. He\u2019s been bothered by a sore shoulder and was scheduled for an MRI late in the week.<\/p>\n

MLB Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n

PHI are 21-8 in their last 29 Fri. games.
\nUnder is 5-2-1 in PHI last 8 on grass.
\nPHI are 54-23 in their last 77 games on grass.
\nOver is 7-1 in ATL last 8 home games.
\nOver is 7-2 in ATL last 9 Fri. games.
\nOver is 15-5-2 in ATL last 22 overall.
\nOver is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tough choice on Friday. Do you go with the proven Hamels, who is 10-6 against the Braves in his career, or Beachy, who has the element of surprise in his favor but might be due to come back to Earth soon? I\u2019ll lean the Phillies\u2019 way. Atlanta isn\u2019t quite as dangerous without Heyward and Ryan Howard seems to save his best hitting for the Braves. He has 100 RBI in 108 games against Atlanta in his career. He could be the man to solve Beachy.<\/p>\n

Phillies vs Braves prediction: <\/strong>Phillies 5, Braves 3<\/p>\n

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Shea weighs in with his MLB Free Pick for tonight. It\u2019s the Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves matching up at Turner Field. The Braves are currently 105-moneyline favorites\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":23216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[47732,47733,47618,111,13510,112,27271,2058,678,683,686,28012,25201,48074,28010,28011,28013,28014],"class_list":["post-38163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-2011-major-league-baseball","tag-2011-mlb-betting","tag-2011-mlb-picks","tag-baseball-picks","tag-baseball-prediction","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-major-league-baseball-betting-odds","tag-mlb-baseball-betting","tag-mlb-betting","tag-mlb-handicapping","tag-mlb-pick","tag-philadelphia-atlanta-betting","tag-philadelphia-atlanta-odds","tag-philadelphia-phillies-vs-atlanta-braves","tag-philadelphia-phillies-vs-atlanta-braves-gambling","tag-philadelphia-phillies-vs-atlanta-braves-pick","tag-phillies-braves-lines","tag-phillies-braves-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38230,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38163\/revisions\/38230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}